Chinese Manufacturers Expose Luxury Brands For Overpricing Items, We Can't Buy White Validation

Phillip Scott breaks down how Chinese manufacturers are pulling back the curtain on luxury fashion houses, exposing how many of these brands massively overprice items that cost a fraction to produce.

This revelation shines a light on the uncomfortable truth: many in our community are chasing high-end labels for validation, while being locked out by design.

🧠 In this episode:

• What these manufacturers revealed about production vs. retail costs

• Why luxury pricing has little to do with quality—and everything to do with perception

• How consumer culture is tied to identity and exclusion

• Why it’s time we rethink how we define value and status